Husband and wife are hot on the kang

With the exchange of letters, Yu Liangji finally stopped worrying about Yu Xinghuai, and looked at the tremella shed with great enthusiasm.

Shi Hongda was even more concerned, but he still had to watch Chun Geng.

Yu Liangji went to the county seat, took the students in the school, took the county test, and then sent the students back, and went to the prefecture with Shi Hongda, and picked out a lot of things back.

All the students passed again, but this time some schools in other villages also passed, and Shibalipu finally did not attract so much attention.

After eating a quick meal, Yu Liangji was very happy to see that the school was promising again. After the school started this year, many children came to school again.

No matter how many people plant the vegetables in winter, some people eat them, so even though they don’t make much money, they can save 80 taels of silver in one winter, plus various agricultural and sideline products, from licorice and apricots to fruit tea. The project that everyone makes money, the days are getting better and better these years, and we also have spare money for the children to study martial arts, take the imperial examination, and strive for fame.

Therefore, the Northeast Prefecture is no longer the former withered talents. Among the civil and military, although there are still more martial arts, there are also many Wen Xiucai and Wenju people, and these children are in good health, even Wen Xiucai Wen Juren can also play two tricks with others; while Wu Xiucai and Wu Juren are more likely to learn the art of war and strategy in addition to practicing martial arts.

These children seem to be quite talented in both civil and military affairs!

After eating the water banquet, it will be the May Festival in a few days. This year there is no May Festival for Yu Xinghuai, and Yu Liangji's mood is waning.

Pulling the colorful thread, no one tied it for him.

"Come and taste it, the fresh mother-in-law Ding that I saw on the mountain today, eat some of it!" Shi Hongda happened to bring in a small basket, which contained two or three leaves of the mother-in-law Ding Nen who had just sprouted. bud.

Recently, Yu Liangji occasionally missed children and was busy with white fungus. Coupled with spring plowing, he got a little angry. Shi Hongda didn't dare to give him medicine, so he asked Liu Quansen, who gave him the idea, and went to the mountain to find it. Order the new mother-in-law Ding Youyaer, pick it up, wash it and eat it with sauce.

This thing is also a medicinal material when it grows up. When it was young, it was not so bitter, and it would also relieve the fire after eating it.

Originally, Ququcai was also acceptable, but Ququcai was not as effective in reducing the fire as Granny Ding, so Shi Hongda simply picked Granny Ding.

Yu Liangji was holding the colorful rope when he saw Shi Hongda's eyes lit up!

"Come here!" Yu Liangji waved with a smile.

Shi Hongda didn't know what was going on, so he leaned over, and after a while, Shi Hongda went out with a straight face.

Cao Mama, who was passing by him, glanced at him, almost thinking that her old eyes were dim, how could she see the colorful rope tied around the adult's neck?

Not long after, Shi Hongda also brought back a colorful rope, put Yu Liangji on the kang, and tied him with colorful ropes, neck, hands and feet!

Not one is missing!

"I'm already thirty, why don't you tie this for me!" Shi Hongda finished tying the colorful rope for Yu Liangji before rolling on the kang with someone in his arms, looking at the incomparably bright colorful rope on his wrist complainingly .

"With Xinghuai not around, I have nowhere to tie my colorful ropes." Yu Liangji complained!

When the village was poor, he used to tie colorful ropes for the children and make zongzi for them to eat. Now that the family is rich, their Hou Mansion received countless zongzi, eggs, and bacon early in the morning.

Red strings are wrapped with wormwood and willow branches, and a bunch of gourds made of colorful paper are hung, hanging on the door and window eaves everywhere.

Now everyone's home is ready early in the morning, and there is no need for it. Yu Liangji is a little bit lost.

"When can I get rid of this thing?" Shi Hongda hugged him and almost rolled his eyes, so he tied it to him when he was lost?

"During the first thunderstorm." Yu Liangji played with Shi Hongda's big hand... the colorful rope on his wrist....

Fortunately, just after the May Festival, there was a thunderstorm on the sixth day of May. When the thunder burst, Shi Hongda finally tore off the colorful ropes around his wrists and neck. He didn't have this thing last night. how to sleep...

The thunderstorms were light, it rained in the morning, the sky cleared up in the afternoon, and the next day, well, even the ground was dry!

There is little rain in spring in the north, taking advantage of the good weather, all the servants who came to the Hou's mansion arrived.

They have been cooperating with Yu's family for ten years, and the number of people is fixed. Yu Liangji's wages are generous and generous, and they all like to come here to help.

It took ten days to plant in the field, but after the planting was over, I had a happy meal after paying the wages, and then I left and went back.

Now they also have a lot of fields, except for the Hou Mansion, they no longer go to other people's houses to help make money, and they all farm at home.

And Yu Liangji is observing the No. [-] experimental greenhouse.

Now it may be due to the warmer weather. In the shed, there is only one fire at night, and a string of hot air, and there is no fire in the daytime.

But the growth trend of white fungus is faster!

"It looks good!" Shi Hongda also knew that white fungus was precious, but it was the first time he saw so many white fungus growing in his own greenhouse.

"Okay?" Yu Liangji said triumphantly, "One silver fungus and one tael of silver, what do you think?"

"Cheap!" Shi Hong said seriously, "One tael of silver for one white fungus, this price is too low!"

I have already asked through Housekeeper He that the white fungus collected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs costs 20 taels of silver for the first-class product, 15 taels of silver for the second-class product, and [-] taels of silver for the ordinary ones, and five taels of silver for the first-class ones. .

The worst thing is five taels of silver. The white ears in their family are big and intact, and one tael of silver is really cheap!

"These are all first-class white fungus, at least ten taels of silver a piece!" Shi Hongda raised the price of the white fungus planted by Yu Liangji.

"Well, first-class." Yu Liangji had confidence in his white fungus, picked some grown-up stems, and put them out to see that they were indeed first-class.

The grade of tremella is very good.

First-class product: the color of the ear pieces is golden yellow, shiny, the flowers are generally light and loose, the flesh is thick, tough and elastic, the pedicles have no ears, feet, black spots, and no impurities.After the dry ear is soaked in water, the expansion rate can reach more than ten times.

Second-class product: the ear pieces are white with a slight beige color, the flowers are generally loose and shiny, the flesh is thick and elastic, and the small flowers should not exceed about 15.00% to [-]%. The expansion rate is also more than ten times.

Generally speaking, the sensory differences of white fungus with different qualities are very large. High-quality white fungus is relatively dry, white in color, relatively thick in flesh, complete in flowers, with a round canopy, generally more than three centimeters in diameter.

The most important thing is that Yu Liangji's artificially cultivated white fungus is different from the wild ones in that it has no stems!

What's more, because it is grown in a shed, it does not contain any impurities!

No manual screening, not to worry about incomplete shape, etc.!

At first glance, it is either a first-class product or a second-class product, all of which are good!

And ordinary white fungus is worse.Although the color is also white, there is a slight beige in the white. Although it looks like a complete flower, the flesh is slightly thinner.The diameter of common white fungus is generally between eight centimeters and twelve centimeters.

The poor white fungus is beige in white.It doesn't feel dry to the touch, and the flesh is very thin, sometimes with spots, and the pedicles are relatively full of impurities, incomplete in shape, not in flowers, and the diameter is generally about one or two centimeters.

So far, Yu Liangji has not thought of the possibility of counterfeiting. After all, people in this era are very simple, and it has not yet reached the point where fakes are everywhere.

And it's not that he said that the cost of counterfeiting is not much less than the cost of planting and collection....

All because there are not so many cheap things for fakes!

It is still possible in later generations, but in this era, the cost of counterfeiting is too high, so he doesn't worry about fake things appearing!

When Yu Liangji dried the white fungus, Shi Hongda's eyes almost fell down!

From the very beginning when Yu Liangji was making linden tree stumps, he saw the various laboratory processes that were too complicated for him to understand, all the way to the generation, growth, picking and drying of white fungus.

Well, now the white fungus is done!

Yu Liangji also deliberately took the high-quality wild white fungus rewarded by the court for comparison. If it weren't for the slight difference in the appearance of the two white fungus, it would be impossible to tell which one was artificially cultivated and which one was wild-picked!

"Amazing!" Shi Hongda immediately gave a thumbs up, admiring Liangji so much.

If there are off-season vegetables, there will naturally be Yu Liangji's off-season fruits, but this cultivation of white fungus is the first time in the world.

Yu Liangji had the cheek to accept Shi Hongda's appreciation. The fact that he came from another time and space would be brought into the coffin after death. Shi Hongda was happy to chat with him, and it would be best to ignore it.

Shi Hongda played tricks on purpose, and gave Chef Huang two dried white fungus. Chef Huang scratched his head, remembering that he gave one white fungus, how could he get two back?

Then Yu Liangji said he wanted to eat white fungus, so Chef Huang soaked the white fungus and cooked several white fungus dishes.

There are white fungus and lotus seed porridge, red dates and white fungus soup, cold ears, fried white fungus with mushrooms, and stewed quail eggs with white fungus.

Two large white fungus were put in, and the food was good, Yu Liangji did not lack this thing in his previous life, and Shi Hongda did not realize the benefits of eating it at all!

So much so that the two of them didn't feel bad after eating it!

However, Yu Liangji still packed the remaining dozen white fungus in a big wooden box, kept one of his two notes for file, and put the other in the wooden box, and gave it to Shi Hongda.

Shi Hongda worked hard to write, and spent a whole day in the study before writing the memorial, which was thicker than before.

He took the things himself and went to the county seat. Instead of going directly to the post office, he went to the county seat to find the magistrate Yuwen. left the capital.

Emperor Xin'an had just been enthroned as emperor, and the Supreme Emperor had helped out the year before, and after the New Year passed, he let go and took care of everything. He took the empress dowager to live in the palace, planted flowers and grass every day, and planted a tree The new sweet strawberries in the big shed, I took the empress dowager in to pick strawberries and eat them if I had nothing to do. Doctor Yu was afraid that the emperor and empress dowager would develop diabetes, so he limited the number of strawberries they ate, so the old couple also picked large strawberries.

Fighting wits and courage with the imperial doctor in the palace is very lively.

But Emperor Xin'an was not so lively anymore. He used to think that his father being an emperor was not a big deal, but it turned out to be his own head, which was very different from when he was watching politics.

He had to do everything himself, so he thought that there was him beside his father at that time, he could share the government affairs, and he could also find a prince to share it!

Turning around, he saw that his son was only three and a half years old!

I can't even recognize the words, how can I help myself?

My second brother only likes poetry and songs, but he is good at compiling books, and he dozes off when he talks about government affairs!

The third child likes to dance with guns and clubs. When he was studying literature in the morning, he just dozed off, and when he arrived at martial arts class in the afternoon, he was full of energy!

The youngest is a younger sister, who went to the palace with the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager!

There was no other way, so I had to find several old ministers for help, and after a lot of scrambling, I finally got used to the life of the emperor.

Now that nothing happened, the Supreme Emperor over there threw all the spy systems over and said: whoever becomes the emperor will be in charge!

His old man has been helping the new emperor for a year!

Make Emperor Xin'an angry!

On this day, just after smoothing out the spy system, someone came to report.

It is the most urgent, personally send people to Beijing, and escorts to follow!

Emperor Xin'an summoned him immediately, and saw Shi Hongda's thick secret book, Yu Liangji's experiment notes, and the dozens of first-grade white fungus.

I was dumbfounded after reading it!

Yu Liangji started to pay attention to the greenhouse after he sent the things away, and Shi Hongda handed over the field work outside. The seedlings have come out, and it's time to shovel the ground for the first time.

The work of shoveling the ground was still done by those hired workers, and Yu Liangji started picking white fungus to make stems.

Because the northern land is dry, it is easy to dry, and the weather is getting hotter, and there is little rain in the northern land, so the drying will be done quickly.

After shoveling the ground for the first time, Yu Liangji also planted the second crop of white fungus. It was mid-June, and the rain was pouring down.

It was raining outside, so Shi Hongda squatted in the No. [-] experimental shed, watching Yu Liangji pour water on those wooden posts, and he carried the bucket by the way.

"It's already June!" Yu Liangji chatted with Shi Hongda while pouring water: "Where do you think Xinghuai is now?"

"Anyway, it has to be in the south, and it must not be in the north!" Shi Hong said: "I guess it's time for another letter in these two days."

The last time Yu Xinghuai wrote a letter was in April, and he left in February. He wrote a letter and delivered it to their Houfu in seven or eight days. He has already said that he will write a letter to them when he arrives.

It's just that the journey is far away, and I'm afraid it will take a month or two for the letter to reach them.

"It's hot in the south at this time!" Yu Liangji got annoyed after hearing this.

It's June and it's at least thirty degrees south!

There is no greenhouse effect in the north now. In summer, it can reach more than 20 degrees at most, and it will never reach as high as [-] degrees. This is why corn and potatoes are so harvested in the north. Both of these things are high-yield, but if the temperature is too high, it will not grow. Longer.

"Yeah, maybe it's hot as a dog!" Shi Hongda pouted.

Yu Liangji poured the water droplets in his hand, Shi Hongda fought back, and a quarrel broke out in the shed, and the two almost had a water fight.

In July, the court's reward came down, and this time it was still a generous reward, and it was also the first time after the new emperor ascended the throne, he rewarded a family of meritorious service alone.

Qingfeng Hou's Mansion has received attention again.

The helpless thing is that Qingfenghou's Mansion is not in the capital, and there is not even a single courtyard in the capital!

If you want to do something small, even if you want to inquire about it, you have to go to the Northeast Mansion. There is too much movement, and the Supreme Emperor used to protect Qingfenghou back then. When it is in the hands of the new emperor, everyone is still waiting and watching. I don’t know what the new emperor is doing. , unexpectedly greatly rewarded the Qingfenghou Mansion!

Just look at the ceremonial car that took the reward to the Northeast, four or five more than the one rewarded by the Supreme Emperor at that time, what happened?

Yu Liangji didn't know what was going on in the central capital, but he only knew that the rewards given this time were very generous, and that he was followed by a senior steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who was usually the steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but this time it was a big Steward.

"This is Manager Li Nan." Steward He knew this person and immediately introduced him.

"I've met Lord Qingfeng, I've met Captain Shiqi." The chief steward was a man in his 50s and [-]s, with a three-stroke beard, and a bit chubby.

"Master Li, please sit down." Yu Liangji nodded, and invited him into the main hall to serve tea.

Shi Hongda didn't say anything, just nodded with a straight face, he was not very good at these, so he just sat there dryly.

Yu Liangji was not very good either, so he looked at Steward He.

Butler He's mouth twitched, what are you looking at me at this time?

But these two people in the family were unreliable, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said, "I don't know what is the reward this time?"

Yu Liangji and Shi Hongda rolled their eyes together: Oops, I forgot to tell Steward He about the tremella!

Li Nan, the chief executive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is smarter than monkeys in sticking hair, how can he not see it?

He laughed immediately: "It's about white fungus, you can ask Lord Hou and your lord about it later."

Steward He blushed!

He looked fiercely at the two people sitting above him!

Shi Hongda chuckled, and Yu Liangji bared his teeth.

"This time, one is a big reward, and a big steward is needed to come forward, and the other is that Eunuch Liu entrusted the officials to come here." Li Nan took out a box and handed it to Butler He: "This is a gift that Eunuch Liu entrusted me to pass on to Lord Hou. .”

Steward He quickly picked it up, and when he turned around, he immediately opened it, took a look, and even touched it. He didn't want to check anything, but he was afraid that someone would harm Lord Hou. He was checking to see if it was some kind of mechanism. thing.

Now the people in the Hou's mansion have trained Shi Hongda many times, not to mention that they can clear mines, but they are very good at checking things.

When it was found that there was no problem, it was passed to Yu Liangji.

Yu Liangji opened it and saw that there were several persimmon cakes in a nice box!

Persimmon cakes are rare in this season.

Usually, the persimmon cakes are made before the autumn harvest and the beginning of winter. It is already October when they are sold from the south to the north, but now in July, the persimmon cakes must be from last year. The rare thing is that they are well preserved and look quite soft. and.

"Persimmon cake?" Yu Liangji frowned and squeezed the persimmon cake inside.

"There are rewards out there, please let Butler He go out with the subordinate officials to count one or two." Li Nan doesn't do this kind of thing, and it's good to be able to pass something.

"That's right, that's right!" Steward He immediately went out with him, leaving the two of them staring at each other.

When the people left, Yu Liangji squeezed one out and handed it to Shi Hongda: "Do you want to eat?"

Shi Hongda squeezed it over, opened his mouth and took a bite: "It's well preserved, and the taste is quite sweet."

On weekdays, he doesn't like to eat this kind of sweet Basuo food, but Yu Liangji heard that it was quite sweet, so he ate one himself.

"You gave me a box of persimmon cakes for no reason. Is this for me to eat persimmon cakes?" Yu Liangji guessed while eating.

"Not necessarily." Shi Hongda didn't want any more after eating one, and drank several sips of tea to get rid of the sweetness in his mouth: "He just asked you to write a letter to invite the establishment of the crown prince!"

Yu Liangji almost choked on the persimmon cake: "Didn't you not let me write a letter to invite the establishment of a son?"

I think back then, when he first became the Marquis of Qingfeng, he immediately wrote a letter to invite his son to be established, one for the sake of his little nephew, and the other to save some trouble.

As a result, Eunuch Liu refused to let him submit a letter to ask for his standing!

Now, when it's not painful or itchy, why do you want to invite the crown prince?

"It was then, and now is now. You have been outstanding all these years, and you have not failed every year. The things you research are good, and they benefit the country and the people." Shi Hongda analyzed for him: "And you were Qingfeng established by the Supreme Emperor. Hou, Prince Qingfenghou must be approved by the new emperor, so that the new emperor can bestow favor on you and Xinghuai."

"It's so complicated!" Yu Liangji blinked his eyes, and ate the remaining persimmon cake in his hand: "Then how do you read the book?"

"Just like usual, please write to the crown prince, and read the first one to see the direction of the wind. If there is no movement, then write another one during the New Year." Shi Hongda thought for a while and made a decision for Yu Liangji: "If the New Year If it is not allowed at the time, then one book will be published every year, and we can’t go on like this.”

Since Eunuch Liu was given such a thing, his superiors must have had some idea. No matter what the superiors say, they have to ask for a son.

Happiness has also grown, and there is no one else in the position of the son of the world except him!

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Yu Liangji always listened to Shi Hongda in such matters.

After handing over the generous rewards outside, Steward He asked Chef Huang to prepare a meal for the guests who came from afar.

Yu Liangji went to the barn to look at the rewards with great interest, okay, compared to the Supreme Emperor, the things given by the new emperor are more in line with Liangji's wishes, because they are all gold and silver treasures!

Two cornucopias made of gold are a circle bigger than the washbasin!

A pair of six-foot-tall blood corals, pure red with golden sand in color!

There are countless silks and satins left, it really is a big deal!

"It really is a generous reward!" Yu Liangji happily pointed to the two gold cornucopias for Shi Hongda to see: "Let's keep this for Xinghuai as a family heirloom in the future!"

"Isn't it too vulgar?" Shi Hongda complained: "People either pass on their books or martial arts, it's too vulgar for you to do this!"

"What's vulgar? It's good, at least which generation is poor, and they can sell it for money!" Yu Liangji is very affordable.

And on an island thousands of miles away, Yu Xinghuai, who was drinking coconut juice, sneezed. He didn't know that his uncle at home had bought him two very real family heirlooms, waiting to pass them on to him!